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Swiss Life Asset Managers launches open-ended private infrastructure fund

Private Equity Insights

With a recommended investment horizon of at least seven years, the fund complements existing investments across asset classes like cash, bonds, equities or real estate. Billion for Australia Private Credit Fund Ares Management Corp. billion) for a credit fund for Australia and. Read more Ares Raises $1.7

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World’s Top Pension Funds See the Largest Assets Decline in 20 Years

Pension Pulse

Willis Towers Watson put out a press release stating the world’s top pension funds see the largest assets fall in 20 years: North America now accounts for nearly half of assets in world’s 300 largest pension funds ARLINGTON, Va., increase in the assets of the largest 300 pension funds in the previous year.

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Patron Capital raises in excess of €860m for seventh fund

Private Equity Wire

Investors included pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations and family offices. Fund VII will continue the same investment strategy as Patron’s previous funds in targeting distressed and undervalued investments that are directly or indirectly related to property across Western Europe.

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BCI Joins OTPP, Takes a Significant Minority Equity Stake in Broadstreet Partners

Pension Pulse

BCI manages a portfolio of diversified public and private market investments on behalf of its British Columbia pension fund and institutional clients. BCI Private Equity actively manages a C$31 billion global portfolio of privately held companies and funds with the potential for long-term growth and value creation.

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AIMCo Opens Its First Asia Office in Singapore

Pension Pulse

A report by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada found that between 2003 and 2017, Canadian pension funds invested $25 billion in the region. The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board has had an on-the-ground presence on the continent for over a decade, and currently has offices in Singapore as well as Hong Kong and Mumbai.

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Canadian LPs Selling PE Stakes in Higher-For-Longer Environment

Pension Pulse

This occurs when the value of bonds and shares of publicly listed firms decline, as they did recently, bringing down the total assets of a pension fund. Canadian pension funds are among the largest private equity investors in the world. Denominator effect The first is what’s known as the “denominator effect.”

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Best Caisse Scenario?

Pension Pulse

It’s late April, and Emond is appearing at a hearing at Quebec’s National Assembly, where parliamentarians are zeroing in on a perceived dilution of the share of assets the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has invested at home, from 26.1% CPP Investments, meanwhile—Canada’s largest pension investor, with the Caisse at No.